Advance Information (Core Maths and FSMQ)
To support student revision, we'll be providing advance information about the focus of content within a specification to be assessed in summer 2022. This will be communicated by 7 February 2022, in advance of the exams, and will apply to the majority of subjects at GCSE, AS and A Level as well as Core Maths and Free Standing Maths Qualification (FSMQ).
We published a summary in December to help you and your students understand what to expect from advance information.
Extra Formulae sheet (FSMQ only)
We have published an extra formulae sheet for Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Mathematics 6993. Teachers and students can now use this as part of their preparations for the 2022 assessments.
To make sure students are familiar with the data sheet prior to the exam, teachers can use it in teaching and mock assessments now. The extra sheet only applies to the 2022 examination series and students will be given a clean printed copy in the exam.
Why is there an extra formulae sheet for the FSMQ: Additional Mathematics (6993) assessment in 2022?
The extra formulae sheet for FSMQ is one of the changes to 2022 assessments to support students.
The formulae that are provided as standard for FSMQ (i.e. expansion of the binomial series, binomial distribution, trapezium rule and the kinematics formulae for variable and constant acceleration) will still be provided at the front of the question paper. This means:
- You can use our practice papers and past papers, with the extra formulae sheet, to give students a mock exam consistent with the question paper approach to be used this year
- Subsequent years will be able to use the 2022 paper, without the extra formulae, as part of their preparation.
The formulae included on the extra formulae sheet are the same as what is provided for Higher tier students in the 2022 GCSE (9–1) Maths exams.
Contingency planning (updated March 2022)
The Department for Education and Ofqual have announced information about contingencies for 2022 if exams could not go ahead and the guidance for General Qualifications also applies to Core Maths and FSMQ. This would be based on teacher assessed grades (TAGs), similar to 2021.
While the intention is for exams to take place next summer, guidance has been published for schools and colleges on collecting evidence of student work for the rest of this year in case exams were cancelled.
Guidance and a letter to students are available from Ofqual. The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) has also published a set of summer 2022 contingency FAQs that includes responses to many of the specific questions facing private candidates regarding these assessments.
Update March 2022:
The latest advice from Ofqual and the DfE is to focus on preparing for exams and if you have sufficient evidence, you may not need to continue your contingency planning post Easter - read Jo Saxton's speech at ASCL
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